GOVERNOR MORRISON
DESIGNATES OCT. 9TH
AS FIRE SAFETY DAY
Event Falls on the Anniversary
of the Great Chicago Con
flagration'of *71.
WEEK WILL BE SET
ASIDE FOR OBSERVANCE
RALEIGH, Sept. 27.—Follow
ing the proclamation by Govern
or Cameron Morrison last week,
calling on the people of North
Carolina to observe Tuesday, Oc
tober 9, anniversary of the great
Chicago fire, in which 200 per
sons lost their lives and 17,000
buildings were ‘destroyed at a
loss of $10,000,000, as Fire Pre
vention day, State Insurance
Commissioner Stacy Wade today
announced some interesting sta
tistics concerning fire losses.
\lr Wade has asked that not only
jay of October 9, but the week of
October 8-13, as well, be set aside for
on anti-fire prevention campaign,
“The object of Fire Prevention
TPeek” he said, "is to impress upon
,ha community at large the necessity
nf conserving the resources of the na
tion by preventing fires.. The cam.
naitm is national in soope, and *it iJ
honed will be the means Whereby per
manent fire prevention campaigns will
be inaugurated in all muni* Ipalities
Statistics Quoted
The following statistics concerning
Are losses were given by Mr. Wade:
•‘The national fire loss last year was
$521 860,000, an amount eaual to the
total cost of the Panama canal. This
represents an average per capita loss
of $4.75. which is a figure greater than
ever recorded previously—including
1906, the year of the San Francisco
conflagration.
North Carolina’s per capita loss of
$2*43, or half the national average, Is a
tribute to our efforts in fire prevention,
but it is still nearly four times greater
than the per capita loss In Great Brit
ain.
“The total monetary loss. Including
the fire loss, cost of fire protection, loss
of business due to fires, etc., is over
$1,000,000,000,, annually.
“There were 4,606 fires in 1922, caus
ing a loss of over $10,000 each, as com
pared with 4,068 in 1921, and 3,457 in
1920. There were 43 fires In the ’mil
lion-dollar-or-above’ class—an average
of almost one each week.
i Europe's Rate Loir
“The average per capita fire loss in
Great Britain last year was 72 cents,
which is a reduction from previous fig
ures. In France, Germany and Italy
losses are still lower. Some reasons
for our high loss figure are traditional
natural carelessness, poorer construc
tion and lack of personal liability un
der thel aw, for~negligence in causing
fires.
“Fire losses In cities over 20,000
population, where chambers of com*
merce have permanent Hre prevention
committees, averaged $S.Z7 per capita
in 1922, as compared with the national
average of $4.75. ; >.
“Fires kill 15,000 of our citizens an
nually, according to the ational Board
of Fire Underwriters."
FERRY COMMISSION ,
TO PROBABLY MEET
AT AN EARLY DATE
Will Consider Request Made for
Reduction in Ferry , Rates
During Fair Week 4
Members of the New Hanover-,
Brunswick ferry commission will prob
Brunswick ferry commisssion .will
probable meet here Before Monday of
next week to consider the request that,
has been made by officials of the
Southeastern Fair arid. Atheltic asso
ciation that the ferry-rates. be reduced
during thfe week of the Southeastern
Fair next month.
Although Addison Hewlett chairman
of the New Hanover , county' board of
fenry commisison, declares that he and
every other member of the two county
boards and the ferry commission were
just as anxious as they could be td-do
anything possible to draw large crowds
to the coming fair, he said that he was
not completetly sold to the Idea of re
ducing the ferry rates; as a hope, of
drawing crowds because he believed it
would be establishing a precedent. .. ■ ?
Chairman Hewlett said that a reduc
tion of rates might result ln< a few
more persons comirig to the. fair, but
he does not believe that such ” would
draw any unusual number.
HIGHSMITH'S SALARY
HAS BEN INCREASED
Annual Compensation of Assist
ant Collector of Customs IS;
Now $2,500.
Through the efforts of Collector of
^uctoms A. I* McCaskill, of the dis
trict of North Carolina, the annual
salary of S: F. Highsmith, assistant
collector for the 15th district, has been
substantially raised. V
For many years Mr. Highsmith, who
is located In the district- headquarters'
in the customs house building, was
deputy collector, but after Mr. McCas-'
kill was made collector he at once in
augurated a campaign in Washington
to have him made assistant collector.
In this he proved successful after- a
long fight. ■■■''; J*- ' -'C
After the collector had succeeded in
having Mr. Highsmith’s title changed
Mr. McCaskill then instituted, a cam
paign to have the assistant collector’s
salary raised. In Washington last
week he had a. long conference With
Director Camp and succeeded in having
Mr. Highsmith’s annugl compensations
boosted to $2,500. This increase be-;
rame* effective on the 22hd Of hte pres
ent month. ' - .- . ,
NO DELILAH HAS CUT THIS BABY’S LOCKS
Georg:© SylveBt, Indianapolis traffic cop, and local strong man, brooks no insolence from recalcitrant autos try
ing to pass his corner when the semaphlore is set against them. With a mighty shove he pushes ’em back in ine.
When not otherwise engaged he crushes huge rocks in his hands and bends steel bars,into loops.^Here he's shown
holding his own with a powerful lAotor trying to back up on the rope George holds in his teeth.
State Briefs
ROME, Sept. 27.—A alight earth*
quake shock was felt in Dalmatia
yesterday.. ls» damage resulted.
TEHERAN, Persia, Setft. 27.—Oil
hundred and twenty-five persons wer(
killed in an'earthquake at Khorassai
on Tuesday, according to a dispatck
received here. i
CHARTERS GRANTED.
RALEIGH, Sept. 27.—Charters have
been issued by Secretary of State W.
N. Everett to the following, corpora
tions: \
Roswell Lumber Comnany, Elkin,
with authorized, capital stock of $49,
000, of which $19,0.00 has been subscrib
ed by G. T. Roth; A. O. Bryan and R.
S. Cheves, all of Elkin.
Piggly-Wiggy Asheville, Incorporat
ed, of Asheville, withiauthorized capi
tal stock of $200,000, of which $20,000
Graduate Nurse Finds
“The Perfect Remedy
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“From my long, experience as a pro
fessional nurse, I do not hesitate to
say X consider Tanlac the. most efficient
and natural stomach medicine and tonic
to be had. It is undoubtedly nature’s
most perfect remedy,” is the far reach*
ing statement given out for publication,
recently by Mrs. I. A. Borden, 425 Pon
tius avenue, Seattle, Wash., a graduate
of the National Temperance Hospital,
Chicago. > -
“1 have used Tanlac exclusively for
seven years in the treatment of my
charity patients,” said Mrs. Borden,
"and my experience has been that for
keeping the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels functioning properly, and for
toning up the system in-general, it has
no equal.
“About a year ago I had a lady pa
tient who could not keep a thing or
her stomhch 15 minutes, not even wa
ter. I prevailed on her to try Tanlao
and after the sixth bottle she could eat
absolutely anything she wanted with
out the slightest bad after-effects.
“I had another patient who simply
could not eat. I got him started on
Tanlac and by the time he finished three
bottles he' was eating ravenously and
able to work.
"These tu» instances that are typical
of the wonderful merits of the med
icine. My confidence in Tanlac is un
limited.” '
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over 37
million bottles sold.
Tanlac Vegetable Pills are nature’s
own remedy for constipation. For sale
everywhere.—Adv.
has been subscribed by Ethel M.
George and Claude Harris, of Ashe
ville; and D. R. George, of Wilkes
Barre, Pa. '
^CONSTIPATION
\lf* goes, and energy, pep and
vim return when taking
CHAMBERLAIN’S
TABLETS
Kee> stomach sweet—liver active
bowels regular—only 25c.
fRY THIS BETTER SALT
In cooking or baking it is
rS?. important that you use pure
salt. JACK FROST TABLE
SALT is of uniform, excellent
quality. Don't let your grocer sell you a
substitute 4or it. Remember the name.
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Boys’
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Offering Today; 100 Men’s
and Young Men’s Fall Suits
$18.50
$22.50
$24.75
$29.95
New fall styles in one and two pants
suits finely tailored; throughout from
the latest all wool fabrics, worsteds,
cassimeres, serges and tweeds.
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Men’s Hats
Select Your Fall Hat Now
B There’s no'getting away from it, you have to have one and this is a partic
g ularly good tinie to choose one, because we just received a new shipment.
H They’re at the top of fashion. Moreover, you’ve no idea that such smart
Fall Hats may be purchased so moderately. Just come in djo QO
today and see for yourself. See our line at....
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I’ . Bags : .
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Nearly all styles to select from for
§ today and Saturday^—$3.50 value
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Display
See Window
Shoe Depart
ment
Ladies’ Brown and Black Kid Ox
fords or strap, medium*
' heels.
$2,98
Boys' Brown all leather Shoes, in
sizes 21/2 to 7, d»0 OA
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Men’s Brown Calf Shoes, several
styles to choose
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The Style
Talk Around
Town
Is about the new suits, dresses or the
sm^rt fall coats whic hare being shown
here in such an attractive variety that one
wonders if thete is a single woman who
has missed seeing these. The styles are
not only smart—they are charmingly be
coming, achieving just the slenderizing ef
fect which denoted the trend of this sea
son’s mode. For street, for business, for
afternoon or evening you will find here
just the one you are looking for.
Gome in this week-end and let us show
you/
Today and Saturday
We Feature 100 Beautiful Fall Hats at $2.98
Heralding a sale of ready-to-wear hats at a .unusually low price. In the range
are Velvets, Duvetine, and Felts, in shapes to meet the ideals of most every wo
man. Millinery Department, Second Floor.
Specials For Friday
and Saturday
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29-iijch Outing Flannels,
dark shades; per
yard .. -
light or
19c
36-inch Black Sateen, short
lengths, the yard
36-inch Pongee, natural color
only, the yard ..........
29c
69c
37-inch Holly wood 'Crepe, black,, tan,
brown, copen, grey, JJ
navy, the yard.
Clairette Lauildry Soap,
six for..
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Sunday Monday Laundry or
Soap, six cakes for -...
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Lace Embroidery
Something New
Free lessons are being given daily by Mesdames Lane
and Mavity/, students of Prof. Vance Shaw of the New York
Academy. M^any have availed themselves of the opportu
nityfof: learning’ this fascinating new embroidery. If you
have not been in we invite you now and are sure that you
will be delighted with the. lessons.
St. Jolift’) Lodge, No. 1, A. F, and A. M
At " Brother Jell I* Nelson
assistant grand lecture:
, and Instructor, wjll bi
— itfc us all of this weel
Wfor the purpose of griV'
1 In* instruction to an;
ana all members. H<.
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^ 'W room daily from 10 to :
o’clock, 3 to 6 o’clock and 8 to li
o’clock. Ton are/ requested to take ad
vantage of this opportunity to improve
yourself in, Masonry.
By order of the Master. ■ -
A. a HOLDEN, ' Sec.
BLUE RIBBON SPRINGS ‘
Ter Reatfnl simp"
W. MUNROE & CO.
SB B. Front Street
“Tour Money’s Worth Altvaya*
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Fire Wood for Sale
Cheap
Pine• an<fr&i|:^Timber, used in
the wayrdfcdpberty Shipyard,
50 Cents
Minimum Cart Load at Plant j
Yard open fronu8 a. m. to 5 j
p^ m. Come one, come all!1
Prepare now for winter. j
DUPUHOABLE US lio > > u«U®
£oifid J. Oliver
• , I\'SUUAN<Jtt
1.1-e, Non-Unucetta»1r
Auto Liability •
J. W. lanes. Agency Ciuhler
(104 MurchiKim liua.—r,ione S40
The Meet <Joou>enie*. the I.ojtreat
Itrt Coat. Service , |
Fall Schedule
SUBURBAN LINE
In Effect Monday, September 17, 1033.
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1:15 P. M.
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’Daily except Sunday.-_ ■
SPECIAL SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAYS
Cars leave Front and Princess every
30 minutes from 8:15 A. M. till 7:15 P.
M., and leave Beach every 30' minutes
from 9:30 A. M. till 7:30 P. M.
FREIGHT SCHEDULE < Daily Except
Sundays)
Leave Ninth and Orange streets 9:45
A. M.; 3:16 P. M.
Leave Beach, 11:30 A. M.; 4:30 P. M.
Freight Depot open daily, except •
Sundays, from 8 A. M. to 12:30 P. M„
and from 1:30 to 6 P. M.
SUNDAYS
L^ave 9 th and Orange streets lYtlS
Leave Beach 12:30 P. M.
Freight Offiee open 10:15 A. M. to
11:15 A. M.
TIDE WATER POWER COMPANY
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
Depart. Arris.* !
Effective July 1. 1823 -
*3:40 AM. .Rareigh & North.*12:45 AM.
5:30AM...South. & West.. 11:40P.M.
Sleeper to Columbia Open 10 P. M. ,
8:15 AM._ North . 6:06 P.M.
8:80 A.M... Fayetteville .. 8.00 PJH.
3:30 P.M... South & West.. 12:60 P.M.
Sleeper to Atlanta.
18:00 P.M. ...New Bern ...112:40 P.M.
3:80 P.M_ Southport ... 12:50 AM.
t6:30 P.M... Fayetteville ..fll:05 AM.
57:00 P.M. North .§ 9:46 AM.
SSleepers between Wilmingtom and
Washington, Wilmington and Norfolk
and Cafe Car between Wilmington and
Rocky Mount. ,
■Daily to Goldsboro, but does not run
to Richmond and Norfolk Sunday.
tTuesday, Thursday, Saturday only.
TDaily
For Information, Phone 160.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
Depart. Dally. Afrlvs
1:00 A.M. Charlotte ....12:26 AM.
. Sleeper to Charlotte Open 1C P.M.
8:10 AM. Wil.-Ruth’foraton 6:85 P.M.
3:40 P.M__ Charlotte -12:20 F.M.
Parlor Car to Charlotte
For Further Information. Phono ITS
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] Miller’s Pharmacy
26 North E'roiit Street
WES HAVES IOUR WANTS ;*$ g
Service Non ^
Telephone 495 t
Fire Wood for>Sale j
Cheap
Pine and Oak Timber, used in
the ways at Liberty Shipyard,
to be sold at
50 Cents
Minimum Cart Load at Plant y
Yard open from 8 a. m. to 6
p in. Come one, come alii
prepare now for winter. t -
Wiring . Repairs
Mazda Lamps—Appliances
CITY ELECTRIC
COMPANY
“Everything Elecctrical”
206 Princess Street ,
' Telephone 995 .
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